Game Update 4 (July 30, 2019)

Game Update 4 adds support for Anno 1800’s first DLC pack, “Sunken
Treasures”, for all Season Pass owners. In addition to buying “Sunken Treasures”
as part of the Season Pass, you can also buy it standalone or as part of the
Anno 1800 Gold Edition (which includes Anno 1800 Digital Deluxe Edition and the
Season Pass).

Note: While “Sunken Treasures” is paid content, everything you will find in the Release Notes below will be free for all Anno 1800 players as part of Game Update 4.

You can now zoom the camera significantly further out,
giving you a better overview of your majestic islands (which you can activate
in the Gameplay options menu).

We have further improved and optimized game performance,
leading to smoother gameplay across most graphics settings. As part of this,
users will now also note an improved viewing range.

A new, improved minimum stock system has been added to the Trading Post. In order to replace the old system, we had to remove the old settings from all your existing trade routes, so make sure to check them again after the Update.

We have reworked and rebalanced Expedition rewards to make
them feel more rewarding across all difficulty levels. New expedition reward
tiers per difficulty are now:

Easy => only uncommon or rare rewards.

Medium => only rare or epic rewards.

Hard => only epic or legendary rewards.

We have improved the usability of the trade routes menu,
adding a text filter and a toggle for other ships displayed in the trade route
menu strategy map. You can also select these ships to add them to your trade
routes from the strategy map. Hovering over a trade route entry will now
immediately show the trade route on the map. Finally, trade routes are now
sorted alphabetically to make them easier to keep track of.

We have reduced the notifications spam for low threat
incidents. Incidents such as small fires which are no major threat will no
longer trigger a notification.

After several bargaining rounds, we have convinced the workers
responsible for loading and unloading oil onto your trains to work faster,
resulting in these operations happening twice as fast.

Incoming trade ships will now make full use of all piers on an island, trying to avoid lengthy traffic jams in front of one harbor while others remain unused.

Architectural expos in your world fair will now reward you
with more than three ornaments at a time.

Previously defeated pirates will now bring a small fleet
instead of a single ship upon their return to the game. It now takes them 30
minutes to rebuild.

We have completely reworked the multiplayer chat.

Rebalanced the quality of rewards granted by resident quests.

Generally improved the generation of rewards for a variety of activities (quests, drops etc.). This can lead to some items appearing less often, while some previously rare items will now appear more frequently.

Rebalanced the moral value for difficulty level three
expeditions. The morale bar should now fill up faster.

Quests

Fixed an issue with missing objectives for “Open Book 2” voluntary quest provided by George Smith.